I genuinely do not understand management's refusal to agree to basic protections, like that they won't replace us with AI. It's baffling. Makes no sense. We're on strike to show management how serious we are about this, and how eager we are to get a contract done!
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Unionized journalists at the Sacramento Bee stand united against McClatchy’s latest AI “articles” initiative. We have withheld our bylines from these stories because we do not want the public to think this is being done in our name — it’s not. We think it’s disgusting.
Real reporters are the ones doing the work. So why is Tony spending all the money we generate on AI?
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Tony's executive team is asking us to produce 20-50% more work, but won't provide annual raises consistent with inflation. We lose money the longer we work here. While Tony serves on the United Way board, the very same organization suggests 75% of his PNW reporters earn less than a stable income.
We know we won't soon afford homes like Tony's million-dollar mansion. But working at McClatchy shouldn't mean we'll never afford any home. We should be able to save money, to pay off our student loans, to live our lives without the fear of a single unexpected bill disrupting our ability to survive.
We aren't asking for unreasonable pay — we just want enough to live in the markets we work in. When your subscription price goes up, that money isn't going to news staff, it's lining executive staff pockets.
Without reporters, photographers and other newsroom staff, McClatchy CEO Tony Hunter wouldn't have millions of dollars to spend on AI.
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Olympian reporter Ty Vinson lives in Tacoma with News Tribune reporter Peter Talbot. The couple said they have been forced to forgo visiting family during the holidays year after year because they can't afford the plane tickets.
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Six-year Olympian reporter Martín Bilbao, 28, said he’s found his budget getting “increasingly more in the red” every year and has delayed his wedding “because of money concerns.”
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Tacoma News Tribune reporter Izzie Lund, 26, said she didn't leave her home for three weeks after an unexpected dental bill because she couldn't afford to put gas in her tank.
"I was just trapped in my apartment," Lund said.
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McClatchy reporters have struggled to afford groceries, weddings & plane tickets to see family. As more McClatchy reporters feel forced out of the industry, this has also affected the quality of journalism in their communities.
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McClatchy wants you to invest in a Sacramento Bee subscription, but the company doesn’t want to invest in its reporters.
Under management’s latest offer, seven local journalists would still make salaries low enough to qualify them for low-income housing.
AI has a place.
Publishing misinformation and calling it local news ain’t it.
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Newspaper conglomerate McClatchy—the hedge fund-owned publisher that owns local outlets across the country—wants to *aggressively* implement A.I. into its newsrooms, w/proposals that have stunned the union.
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Happy Holidays from the Washington and Idaho News Guilds. This year, we're wishing for livable wages and better working conditions.
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Reporters can do what AI can’t.
But McClatchy Media refuses to agree to ethical guidelines on its AI usage. With your support, we can ensure your local news is done by local reporters like these.
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Media conglomerate that has overseen the steady erosion of local news in the PNW now wants the ability to hand the whole operation over to AI. Insane.
See our press release outlining our demands that McClatchy Media has refused.
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Six months into negotiations, McClatchy Media is continuing to push back against common sense limits on AI in news. If we don't ensure AI ethics are put in place now, it will soon be too late. If reporters don't fight for transparency for our readers, no one will.
A neutral arbiter agrees: @politico.com violated our contract and its own journalistic standards when it deployed AI.
Our readers deserve news, not slop!
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